I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

We used to have lots of questions to which there were no answers. Now, with the computer, there are lots of answers to which we haven't thought up questions.

The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.